A man in his 50s has been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New South Wales, Australia This is the first confirmed case of the virus in the ...

A man is in critical condition after he contracted a rare bat virus while in Australia. It's the first known case of Australian bat lyssavirus in New South Wales. A 50-something-year-old is in ...

Viruses that originated in bats have overwhelmed humans in past pandemics, and more could be on the way if mutations end up allowing them to spread. An understudied group of coronaviruses known as ...

There are way more bats than you might think. Second only to rodents, bats make up around a fifth of all mammals, with over 1 ...

Bats pollinate plants and control insects but also transmit diseases to humans. Researchers investigate ways to prevent viral spread.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday that the new coronavirus found in bats is currently not a cause for concern. There is no reason to believe the virus poses a threat ...

It just takes one, and so far that’s what scientists investigating the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak have found — a bat infected with the identical virus that was isolated from human ...

Bats can carry some deadly human pathogens without signs of illness. A new survey shows that other viruses can still be bad for bats.